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There is a quote from the chargeup program in this very tread that show that the phase one was based on the delivery date. Although for phase 1 they did accept eligibility from orders before dec 15th 2020 and delivered before march 15th 2021 (and before the program ran out of money).I talked to a Tesla sales rep today from Princeton and he kept telling me that if my order date isnt on or after july 1st, then I wont be getting the phase 2 rebate. However I dont think he really knows that for sure, seemed like he was just trying to talk me out of delaying my early May delivery date. He later said that all they know is whatever is on the charge up homepage. Time will tell I guess. The wait is just killing me, I really hope they go by purchase date and not order date.
Phase 2 is POS. What we do not know (and neither do the dealers) is the conditions under which the dealers can apply the rebate.
That being said in the order agreement, when you place your order for Tesla, there is a clause that stipulated that Tesla may use discretion to apply the incentives (I guess depending on the incentive laws from each respective state).
I placed my order on April 15th and my SA also is (most probably) pushing for his sales figures of Q2. I do not know if it's like that for all SAs but I got about half a dozen texts pushing me to complete the info "in the next 72 hours" so they place our orders (or I risk missing out on quick delivery). I guess they are not used to dealing with customers as patient as I am. And I also guess that the impulse buyers are probably more likely to follow through with the sale if the steps are completed within 72 hours (vs buyers remorse after 3 days). I have been waiting years to buy this car. I'm not backing down. But that's not a usual way of buying stuff. I did not have a great feeling of our first exchange, unfortunately...
My gut feeling is that the state will allocate a number of sales figures per brand/dealers and they will probably have some rules around how they can pass the incentive to their customers (or not) and then that will be set. I am guessing they will have to prove to the state how the incentive was granted for them to get their money back. Which would incentivize the dealers to offer it as soon as possible. So in the case of Tesla for deliveries starting on July 1st (hence ordered before).